Infection post-total knee replacement: current concepts

Infection in primary total knee replacement.

OBJECTIVES To determine the infection rate and identify the risk factors of primary total knee replacement in a general hospital and discuss possible preventive measure. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All cases of primary total knee replacement performed between the period July 1997 and June 2006 were reviewed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Infection ...

Concepts in Computer Assisted Total Knee Replacement Surgery

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is commonly considered to be a reliable procedure, with implant survival rates higher than 90% at 10 to 15 years of follow-up. The goal of total knee replacement surgery is to relieve pain and obtain better knee function, those achieved by correct patient selection, pre-operative deformity, implant design, correct surgical technique and patient participation in the...

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Medial Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis (MUO) of the Knee: Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) or Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

The aim of this review article is to analyze the clinical effectiveness of total knee replacement (TKR) compared to unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) in patients with medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis (MUO) in terms of survival rates, revision rates and postoperative complications. The search engine was MedLine. The keywords used were: medial knee osteoarthritis. Three thousand and n...

1832 Current Concepts Review Impingement with Total Hip Replacement

he principles regarding impingement in the natural osseous (anatomic) hip put forth by Ganz et al. are similar in concept to what can occur in the prosthetic hip. To understand impingement, it is helpful to recognize the common mechanisms that cause mechanical abutment in both anatomic and prosthetic hips. In the anatomic hip joint, impingement is a mechanical abutment conflict between the bone...